Athletic Communications

Sacred Heart University is an NCAA Division I school and member
of the Northeast Conference. The Pioneers are covered by media
outlets throughout New England and the Tristate Area, and media
members regularly interact with SHU's coaches and student-athletes.
The Sacred Heart Athletic Communications office works closely with
its coaches and athletes to facilitate these requests on a daily
basis and in a timely fashion, and works to provide an array of
media services to those who cover us.

Media services provided by the Sacred Heart Athletic
Communications office include but are not limited to providing
previews and game recaps for each our 32 varsity programs,
compiling and providing statistics, producing detailed game
programs for every Pioneer home event, generating game notes for
select sports, and coordinating press conferences and interview
requests. This office also creates and manages the content of
Sacred Heart's official athletics website www.SacredHeartPioneers.com
which provides around-the-clock coverage of our 32 varsity
programs, including news, notes, player and coach bios, statistics
and history, as well as up-to-date links to in-game live stats,
video and audio feeds and photo galleries. The Sacred
Heart Athletic Communications office also supports SHU
Athletics' multiple social media outlets, providing real-time
coverage, Pioneer news flashes and more.

General
Information:

Location: The Sacred Heart athletic
communications office is located in the William H. Pitt Center
suite 103, the second door on the left in the main lobby.

Website: Sacred Heart’s official
athletics website, www.SacredHeartPioneers.com,
provides the most up-to-date scores, news and information on all of
SHU’s 32 varsity programs, as well as University club sports,
NCAA compliance, and SAAC.

Policies &
Procedures:

Press & Photographer Credentialing Policy:
Sacred Heart University welcomes coverage of all its home sporting
events from accredited writers, photographers and broadcast media
outlets. All requests for working press, photo and/or broadcast
credentials should be submitted to the appropriate contact within
the Athletic Communications office at least 48 hours before the
contest. Press and photographer media credentials will be issued to
members of the working media only. Requests for the credentialing
of official team photographers not associated with a specific media
outlet must be made by the visiting team's sports information
director without exception. Sacred Heart University reserves the
right to deny any requests that do not adhere to this policy.
Unless otherwise specified or requested, credentials will be left
at will call and are non-transferable.

Coach & Student-Athlete Interviews: All
interview requests for any member of the Sacred Heart University
athletic staff or any its student-athletes must be made through the
Athletic Communications office. Contact information for the SHU
sports information staff is provided below. Please allow 24 hours
for response to each request, though the Athletic Communications
office handles each inquiry as quickly as possible. All forms of
media should also provide 48 hours of advanced notice when possible
for all interview requests to allow the sports information staff to
arrange a time that will respect each student-athlete's academic
and competition schedules. At no time will the home or cell phone
number of a student-athlete be released to the media, and we ask
all media outlets to respect this policy and the privacy of our
athletes and coaches. In the case of telephone interview requests,
the Athletic Communication staff will arrange for the
student-athlete to contact the requesting media member.

Postgame Interviews: Sacred Heart University
locker rooms are closed to the media. A 10-minute cooling off
period will be strictly enforced, after which the SHU head coach
and any requested players will be made available. Postgame
interviews will be conducted outside each team's respective locker
room unless otherwise designated. For all men’s and
women’s basketball, and football games, a postgame press
conference will be held in the theater on the lower level of the
William H. Pitt Center. Requests for visiting coaches and players
should be made through the opponent's sports information contact,
and all requests should be made prior to the conclusion of the
game.

Press Box & Sideline Access: Only
credentialed members of the media, coaches, league officials and
designated administrators will be allowed in the press box area.
Sacred Heart adheres to a strict conduct policy, and cheering in
the press area, press box or on the sideline is expressly
prohibited. Photographers who wish to shoot from the sideline must
request field access and must have the appropriate clearance
to be permitted inside the area of competition. Photographers are
required to comply with all NCAA, Northeast Conference, and Sacred
Heart University polices for shooting locations. A failure to
comply will result in confiscation of credentials.

Press Row Services: The Sacred Heart Athletic
Communications Office will provide a game program, pregame
statistics and game notes prior to each contest. A full boxscore,
play-by-play, and other applicable game material will be
distributed at halftime and at the end of the game.

Radio & Television: Radio and television
stations wishing to broadcast Sacred Heart University home events
must make arrangements with the Athletic Communications office at
least two weeks prior to the requested contest. Telephone lines and
power access can be supplied by the University, provided the
requested notice is given. We request that radio stations call into
the provided phone line or that all calls be made either on a
collect or calling card basis.